Next week, 21 of the 22 teams participating in the NBA's restart will begin trickling to Orlando to start isolating. But one team from beyond the state's borders has already traveled to central Florida and kicked off what could amount to nearly four months away from home.
While the Toronto Raptors are not yet at the NBA's campus at Walt Disney World, their experience leaving their families behind and beginning basketball activities in Florida is essentially a test run for the environment the NBA will attempt to execute in Orlando.
"I feel really safe here," Raptors coach Nick Nurse told ESPN.